Where am I ?

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nowty
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Re: Where am I ?

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Last day here, SWMBO insisted on walking across the Brooklyn bridge which is the only bridge from manhattan that it’s permitted.
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Found some solar arrays in a Brooklyn college which were supplementing several EV chargers.
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Ending the day in Little Italy with the best pizza outside of Italy.
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On the way to the airport we met up with SWMBO's niece and nephew in New Jersey, lovely house but no solar although they were thinking about it. For some reason the economics don't stack up as well in the USA. It was only a short visit so I could not go into the economic detail but I got the impression that the installers charge an extortionate price.

Their neighbour has some Solar PV, but says its uneconomic.

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16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
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105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
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Yuff
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Re: Where am I ?

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When we were in California last August, there were adverts everywhere advertising free power walls and solar.
Didn’t go into the figures bit I assume they work out free based on the returns they’ll make….
Mitsubishi Ecodan
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There is going to be a Nowty EV Euro trip in the near future. :mrgreen:

I bought all this crap, then found the TM3 already had most of it all in the frunk from new, not a great start. :facepalm:
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Looks like I'm not going to make it to my first destination on a single charge. :evil:
I've edited some letters out of the destination but I will be providing info on each charging stop along the way.
Me thinks the TM3 is a bit optimistic on the journey time. :?
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16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
ecogeorge
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Re: Where am I ?

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Got to be Portugal surely........... :O:
1750w Vertical PV micro inverters
3800w almost horizontal/south
Aarrow Becton 7 Woodburner
Dream 3kw ASHP only connected to summer Pool.
Allotment heavy clay.
1.784kw Kirk Hill
0.875kw Derril Water
0.2kwWhitelaw Brae
1kw Harlow Hydro.
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ecogeorge wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:26 pm Got to be Portugal surely........... :O:
No where near I'm afraid, my charging stops will likely narrow down the possibilities. ;)
16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
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105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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If it was me I'd be heading to Lugano... :whistle:
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10.24kWp PV SolarEdge system
Tesla Powerwall 2
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Fintray wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:26 pm If it was me I'd be heading to Lugano... :whistle:
Feck sake Fintray, I know you probably guessed I’m going to see daughter in Switzerland but you got the place in one. :shock:

Charge No 1 in Channel Tunnel terminal Folkestone
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16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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Only had the TM3 almost 3 years and I had to learn very quickly how to apply the handbrake and turn my headlights off. :facepalm:

Got told off on the train.
16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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nowty wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:17 am
Fintray wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:26 pm If it was me I'd be heading to Lugano... :whistle:
Feck sake Fintray, I know you probably guessed I’m going to see daughter in Switzerland but you got the place in one. :shock
Never crossed my mind, just had a search through European place names and found a few with those letters in sequence, tried Lugano for distance and it came up trumps though I thought it was in Italy! :facepalm:
3.87kWp PV
10.24kWp PV SolarEdge system
Tesla Powerwall 2
100 x 47mm Navitron tubes (still being installed!) Now likely to be removed for more PV.
MK2 PV router DHW diverter
Morso 5kW WBS
Vaillant AroTherm 10kW ASHP
Nissan Leaf
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